Turkish leader and hero


MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK was born in Salanuko in1881.His father’s name is Ali Rýza Efendi. His mother’s name is Zubeyde Haným.He was very good student at school. His maths teacher gave him a second name “Kemal”. It means “perfect , wonderful”. He went to the army academy when he was 12 years old.He was an officer in the army at 21 years old. He founded the Republic of Turkey. He was the first president of the Republic of Turkey and served as The President from 1923 until his death.The Turkish Grand National Assembly gave him the surname Ataturk. It means “Father of Turks”. He died at 9.05 on 10th of November 1938.


Ataturk said:


- One day my mortal body will turn to dust, but the Turkish Republic will stay forever.
- Science is the only true leader in life.
- Peace at home, peace in the world.
- Power belongs to the nation.
- Teachers, new generation will be your legacy.
- Sovereignity is not given, it is taken.
- Never be afraid of telling the truth.
- A healty mind in a healty body.
- I am succesful therefore I am happy.
- Turk be proud, work and have self confidence.




WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ATATURK!


Russia

- N.S.CRUSHCHEF, President Of The Soviet Union, 10th November 1938
"Atatürk has been the creator and the pioneer of many reforms, such as, the declaration of the Republic, establishment of the national banks and national industry, construction of railroads, expropriation of foreign investments, seperation of religious and governmental issues, use of the Latin alphabet, acception of the women’s rights and the deletion of ranks.

- Pravda Newspaper, Moscow, 10th November 1938
"The independence movement of the new Turkey depended totally on Kemal Atatürk and his death is a great loss for the Turkish Nation. All sincere friends of independent Turkey feel sorrow for the loss of this great man."

- Izvestia Newspaper, Moscow, 11th November 1938
"His name is directly related with the national independence war and the reorganization of Turkey in the political field. Kemal Atatürk’s death is a great loss for the Turkish Nation as well as all the friends of Turkey. Being one of the sincere friends of Turkey, the Soviet Union is in deep sorrow because of the death of this unique statesman."

- Izvestia Newspaper, Moscow, 1938
"The death of Atatürk has put all the Turkish Nation in deep sorrow. People who are sensitive about the independence and freedom of their countries are also sad. Friends of independent Turkey, the Soviet Union and all other countries that are in development, surely share the deep mourning of the Turkish Nation."

Journal de Moscou, Moscow, 1938
"His death is a big loss for the world as well."

- Soviet Union
"The late President’s reputation was worldwide. Everyone loved and respected him because of his fight to gain the independence of the Turkish Nation. He has strengthened the new national structure of his country."



China

- Ma Shao-Cheng, Chineese Author
"I would like to express my feelings of admiration to the Great Turkish Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of Turkish Republic for his struggle and success in bringing freedom and democracy to his country on his 25th death anniversary. His life and deeds will continue to be a source of inspiration not only for Turkey but for the whole world."

- Çang Kay ÞEK
"All Chinese people share your sorrow. Because, the death of this Great Leader of the Turks has left alone not only Turkey, but our continent and the whole world."

- Chineese Press
"Ataturk is the Ata (Ancestor) of the entire continent of Asia."



United States of America

- John F. Kennedy, President of U.S.A. 10th November 1963
"I am sorry in two ways. First of all, I, like all the world, am sorry for such a great man to pass away. Secondly, no matter how much I wanted to get to know him personally, it is now impossible for me to do that."

- Franklin ROOSVELT, President of U.S.A. 10th November 1963
"He was one of the greatest leaders of our age as a soldier and as a statesman. He has made Turkey take its deserved place among the most developed countries of the world. He has given the Turks the feelings of confidence and endurance. I am proud of myself for being one of Atatürk’s loyal friends."

- McARTHUR, General
“I have just received the news about Kemal. Someone who knew him personally has passed me the news. While I was in discussion with the Soviet Russian Minister of Foreign affairs Litvinof about the recognition of the Soviet Socialist Government, I had asked who was the most remarkable statesman of Europe for him. He answered promptly saying that the most remarkable stasetman of Europe didn’t live in Europe; this statesman was definitely Mustafa Kemal, the President of Turkish Republic.”

- Franklin D. Rooswelt, President of U.S.A., 1928
“Dinner parties given to a hundred people were no different than the ones given in European capitals. However, the ones given in the Turkish Republic made them more glamourous compared to the Europeans' because of the solid gold tableware used that were the remainings of 2nd Mahmut (1808-1839). Apart from all, Mustafa Kemal is a serious warrior. He is strong, confident, thoughtful, hard and straightforward. However, on that night, he was a kind and gentle statesman as well as a perfect President. Every Ambassador that night felt honoured to be there with him.”

- General Charles Sherill, Former Ambassador of U.S.A. to Ankara, Turkey
"It should not be forgotten that Kemal has shown a brilliant strategy at Dumlupýnar and has succeeded in making use of the Turkish forces that were less in number."

- New York Times
"One of the most attentive and attractive men has passed away from the stage of the world."

- Chicago Tribune
"He was one of the most talented leaders of the post war period."

- New York Times
"There is a proof of perfect leadership in his dominant eyes. His thick eyebrows never stay still. They rise to high, intellectual peaks and get crossed suddenly to form indescribable cracks on his forehead. He has a fare skin, tanned. He is not a brunette. His hair is blondish brown. The clean cut features of his mouth and chin show his certainity in his decisions. He is always alert, straightforward and very intelligent."

- Gladys Baker, American Journalist
"The American Government is in a deep sorrow because of Atatürk’s death. This sorrow is not limited to the Turkish Nation and their borders. It expands widely."

- Kordel HALL, Secretary of State, U.S.A.
"This Turkish man, admired by the whole world, has made the Turkish people proud of themselves, their history and their language. For the future of his nation, he has generated such a great power that has not been generated in the past several centuries."

- F. D. ROOSVELT, President of the U.S.A.
"America admires the determination, courage and the results of Atatürk’s deeds that many people can never achieve."



Italy

-C.C.Sforza
"He has won victories against his enemies with his extraordinary determination, limitless courage and distinctive, sharp mind. His wisdom and authority has enabled him to achieve a perfect victory in three years not only in the military sense but also politically."

- F.Perrone Di San Martino, Italian Author
"In the struggle with the French, with his wide vision and understanding, he has forced them to cease weapons and return to Marseille although they had the intention to invade Killikia and had other ambitions in Asia. The war Mustafa Kemal prepared and conducted in Anatolia has become a great success with the trust and belief he created among his nation. All the world admired this. Mustafa Kemal’s brilliant war strategies, indestructable determination and desire ruled the war from its beginning till its end."

- F.Perrone Di San Martino, Italy
"Ataturk has given back its historical values to a country that had collapsed. That is why he should always be remembered as one of the most corageuos reformers of modern times."

- Messagero Newspaper
"The Italian Nation shares the sorrow of its friend, the Turkish Nation for the death of its Great Chief. With the death of Atatürk, a very strong personality that created the development of the Near East has been lost. The Italian Nation sends its best wishes to the Turkish Republic in this very painful day."



Japan

- Japan Times, Tokyo
"The greatest leader Asia Minor has created in a century."

- The Japan Chronicle, Kobe
"The reality that tore apart the traditions of the Turkish foreign and domestic policies after the establishment of the Republic were the traces of his genius. At the time Atatürk passed away, the main target of Turkish foreign policy was to keep peace around the Near East, the Balkans and the Western Asia and to improve the mutual understanding among the countries of the region. This ideal will keep Turkey from getting into one of the “ideological fronts” of Europe that threathen the continent seriously."

- Japanese Press
"On the death anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first President of Modern Turkey, I would like to pay my respect to this great leader of mankind and send my sincere greetings to the Turkish Nation. Ataturk is very well known in Japan. He has saved Turkey from the disasters after the First World War and has been a hero by winning a great victory. He is a great statesman who has created a new Turkish Republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. We have admired Ataturk’s reformist deeds, especially those concerning the Turkish Language."



France

- Nouvelle Newspaper
"If he has won the war and he is more to win, he will also make peace. Believe my words and let me tell you that he will succeed. He will do good and perfectly so, he will achieve a great success that no-one has ever achieved."

- Claude FARRERE, French Author
"Ataturk’s distinctive creativity appears when he proceeds his energetic work with delicacy even after the danger is far removed. He manages to give an irresistable attraction to every move he makes. It is impossible to explain this with logic. This is his personal talent."

- Maurice Pernot, French Journalist
"One of the most exceptional events of this era is the establishment of a national Turkish State while the Ottoman Empire disappears like a ghost. Mustafa Kemal has done something great. The victory of Turkish nationalism has effected Asia and Kemalism has influenced all countries fighting for freedom."

- Excelsior Newspaper
"One day he told me that there are small nations depending on very strong countries. He said that the future belongs to those small nations rather than the strong countries. I kept his words in mind. Because, these words reflect the deep meaning of the success of Atatürk, who was known as the most dependable, alert and clever man of the near East before his death."

- Alber LEBRUN, French President
"Kemal Atatürk is an idealist. The reason he has managed to do great things is, he has always kept principles and has managed to limit his passion."

- Le Jour-Echo de Paris
"The Turks, known as the most loyal nation, will never forget that Atatürk was the deliverer of his country."

- Jean Laubespin, French Journalist
"Turks of today have reached their position that had frightened Europe centuries ago. The Turkey that waits in silence with his death is a strong and ripened Turkey."

- Pierre Dominique, French Journalist
"The man beyond centuries!..."

- Mercel Sauvage, French Journalist
"Kemalism invented the fast path to development and has proved that even with one generation of disciplinary education, a great populist civilization can be developed.This can be proposed to mankind as an experimental example of philosophy. Kemalism has terminated things that could normally be achieved only in centuries."



Germany

- Prof. Walter L. WRIHT Jr.
"On 10th November, all the world remembers the life and deeds of a human being, whom Germany is bound to in friendship, respect and appreciation. As a soldier, Atatürk Victoriously succeeded in an enormous and sometimes desperate battle and then he took the responsibility of the State. The declaration of the Turkish Republic on 29th October 1923 is the result of his genius in diplomacy. Some traditions and customs of the past that opposed the democratic development of the Turkish State needed to be altered and demolished. He had brave and corageous ideals and he began realising them with great creativity. Atatürk has created a strong, traditional and a sincere relationship with the Germans depending on trust."

- German Volkischer Beobachter Newspaper
"The life of the Great Deliverer Atatürk that Turkey respects without limit, can never be understood and appreciated any better than in Germany. Because Germany has tread the same path. The peace agreement forced on Turkey took take away the vital parts of territory. However, the national hero Atatürk managed to save his country and put through a nationalistic vision. He chose to fight for independence when he saw that it was not possible to save the country with interviews and Geneva methods. Only a will as strong as steel and immense power could have succded at that stage. His deeds at home inside are none the less appreciatable. Germany adores Atatürk’s example and struggle. Germany sees a great personality in him that should be a symbol for all countries that respect freedom."

- Professor Herbert MELZIG, German Historian
"Today, Kemal Atatürk may look at what he has created and regard himself as successful. Because Atatürk, apart from everything else, has brought a happiness to the Turkish Nation that it had never been experienced before."

- Carel Sautman, German Journalist
"Mr. Mustafa Kemal was a born leader that never feared responsibility. On the morning of 25th April, he decided to attack the enemy with his 19th Division. He took his men ashore and, incredibly, resisted the attacks for three months. I will always depend on his determination."

- Liman Von SANDERS, German General
"His historical greatness can be understood by looking at the new Turkey. This great statesman and leader of the people has given a spirit even to the villages far away in the Anatolian mountains with his determination as strong as steel and his vision."

- Hans Froembgen, German Author
"Ataturk is not only the creator of a new Turkey, but also the teacher and the instructor of his nation. Atatürk will always have a special place among the war leaders of the world that change their nations with their strong personality. He has been the creator and the founder of a new Turkey. This is the man who established the new face of near East."

- Germania, German Newspaper
"The East faces a new page of history written by Kemal Atatürk. History tells us how the (Barbarian) Turks spread out from the plateau of the Altaic Mountains to the east and to the west to demolish nations and their cultures. In the Bible and in the Middle Age sources, Turks (Gogve Magog) have been described as extraordinary and horrible ghosts."